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Basic Questions in French

By: Zoe Erotopoulos and Dodi-Katrin Schmidt and Michelle M. Williams and Dominique Wenzel and

Updated: 03-26-2016

From The Book: French For Dummies

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Knowing how to ask a few basic questions in French can come in very handy when you travel to a French-speaking country and need to know the time or where something is located or just want to get some basic information,

English	French	Pronunciation
Do you speak English?	Est-ce que vous parlez anglais?	ehs-kuh vooh pahr-ley ahN-gleh?
How are you?	Comment allez-vous?	koh-mahN-tah-ley-vooh?
Would you help me please?	Pourriez-vous m’aider?	pooh-ree-ey vooh mey-dey ?
What’s your name?	Comment vous appelez-vous?	koh-mahN vooh-zah-pley-vooh?
What time is it?	Quelle heure est-il ?	kehl uhr eh-teel?
What’s the weather like?	Quel temps fait-il?	kehl tahN feh-teel?
How much does . . . cost?	Combien coûte…?	kohN-byaN kooht. . . ?
Where can I find . . .?	Où est-ce que je peux trouver. . .?	ooh ehs-kuh zhuh puh trooh-vey....?
Where are the bathrooms?	Où sont les toilettes?	ooh sohN ley twah-leht?
Do you have. . . ?	Avez-vous…?	ah-vey vooh. . . ?
Where is. . . ?	Où est…?	ooh eh…?
Could you please speak more slowly?	Pourriez-vous parler plus lentement, s’il vous plaît?	pooh-ree-ey-vooh pahr-ley plew lahNt-mahN, seel vooh pleh?
Could you repeat that, please?	Pourriez-vous répéter, s’il vous plaît?	pooh-ree-ey-vooh rey-pey-tey, seel vooh pleh?

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French For Dummies ,

About the book authors:

Berlitz has taught languages to millions of people for more than 130 years.

Dodi-Katrin Schmidt, Michelle M. Williams, and Dominique Wenzel are highly regarded French instructors and writers.

Zoe Erotopoulos, PhD, teaches in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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